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<title
>Using &kbabeldict;</title>
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>&kbabeldict; is a simple interface for translation modules for &kbabel;. It allows you to search for translations. </para>
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>The screenshot above does not contain settings for selected module. You can show them using <guibutton
>Show Settings</guibutton
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>The usage is very simple. You select a module to in the <guilabel
>Search in module</guilabel
> combo-box. Then you enter the phrase to lookup and press <guibutton
>Start Search</guibutton
>. All found messages are shown in the list below, which is the same as a tool in the &kbabel; main window. Searching can be stopped by pressing <guilabel
>Stop</guilabel
>. In case you want to search in translated text, not in original English message, you should use <guilabel
>Search in translations</guilabel
>. </para>
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>Buttons on the bottom of the window can be used for closing &kbabeldict;, showing/hiding the module settings or displaying a dialogue with credits for &kbabeldict; and the modules themselves. </para>
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>For description of the standard modules and their settings see <xref linkend="dictionaries"/>. </para>
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